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From: The New Guy on 4 Oct 2007 01:10 > > SuperDuper, Retrospect and Silverkeeper all use > > vocabulary that would baffle most basic computer users and seem to > > over complicate an otherwise very simple process. > SuperDuper (my choice) uses such confusing terms as "Target" and > "Source" > > I can see how that might be terribly confusing. Let me explain. > > "Target" refers to the place you are copying TO. > > "Source" refers to the place you are copying FROM. > > Does that help? If only there was a third party book available to > explain these concepts to poor, simple computer users... Lol.....yeah yeah. Sounds simple. But there are many other terms that are very odd to "simple computer users" such as moi. Terms such as "safety clone" in Superduper. Time to read some more.
From: The New Guy on 4 Oct 2007 01:11 > > I'm trying a Duplicate backup. I wonder if its possible to do a smart > > or incremental backup afterwards or do I need to continue with > > duplication because I started with duplication? > > Don't bother using Retrospect for straight duplication. SuperDuper is > king of duplication. > > Use Retrospect for network incremental backups, where it excels. So what is best for backing up only what has been changed and only specific folders? Its about 100-150 gbs I think.
From: Jolly Roger on 4 Oct 2007 10:24 On 2007-10-04 00:11:32 -0500, The New Guy <replytogroup(a)here.thanks> said: >>> I'm trying a Duplicate backup. I wonder if its possible to do a smart >>> or incremental backup afterwards or do I need to continue with >>> duplication because I started with duplication? >> >> Don't bother using Retrospect for straight duplication. SuperDuper is >> king of duplication. >> >> Use Retrospect for network incremental backups, where it excels. > > So what is best for backing up only what has been changed and only > specific folders? Its about 100-150 gbs I think. Retrospect is a good fit for that. -- Note: Please let me know if you send email to this address so that I can be sure your email doesn't get eaten by pobox.com's ultra-aggressive SPAM filter. Help improve Usenet: * Learn proper Usenet etiquette: http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html * Kill-file Google Groups: http://improve-usenet.org/ JR
From: Jolly Roger on 4 Oct 2007 10:25 On 2007-10-04 00:11:32 -0500, The New Guy <replytogroup(a)here.thanks> said: >>> I'm trying a Duplicate backup. I wonder if its possible to do a smart >>> or incremental backup afterwards or do I need to continue with >>> duplication because I started with duplication? >> >> Don't bother using Retrospect for straight duplication. SuperDuper is >> king of duplication. >> >> Use Retrospect for network incremental backups, where it excels. > > So what is best for backing up only what has been changed and only > specific folders? Its about 100-150 gbs I think. I guess I should have said: Use Retrospect for network _and_ incremental backups, where it excels. ; ) -- Note: Please let me know if you send email to this address so that I can be sure your email doesn't get eaten by pobox.com's ultra-aggressive SPAM filter. Help improve Usenet: * Learn proper Usenet etiquette: http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html * Kill-file Google Groups: http://improve-usenet.org/ JR
From: Daniel Cohen on 4 Oct 2007 10:39
Dave Balderstone <dave(a)N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote: > Does that help? If only there was a third party book available to > explain these concepts to poor, simple computer users... The various Take Control ebooks are useful. There is one devoted to backups. Contents list and a few pages are free, so you have a reasonable chance of working out if it's what you want. By the way, though I currently use SuperDuper for cloning, I amy move to Carbon Copy Cloner now the new version is out. Works with Tiger (I think the old one didn't) and has a few advantages over SuperDuper. -- http://www.decohen.com Send e-mail to the Reply-To address; mail to the From address is never read |